Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer,  1946- <br/><br/>
Mother nature :  a history of mothers, infants, and natural selection / 
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. 
 - First edition. 
 - xix, 723 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-690) and index. 
<br/><br/>Motherhood as a minefield -- A new view of mothers -- Underlying mysteries of development -- Unimaginable variation -- The variable environments of evolutionary relevance -- The Milky Way -- From here to maternity -- Family planning primate-style -- Three men and a baby -- The optimal number of fathers -- Who cared? -- Unnatural mothers -- Daughters or sons? It all depends -- Old tradeoffs, new contexts -- Born to attach -- Meeting the eyes of love -- "Secure from what?" or "Secure from whom?" -- Empowering the embryo -- Why be adorable? -- How to be "an infant worth rearing" -- A matter of fat -- On human bondage -- Alternate paths of development -- Devising better lullabies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0679442650 9780679442653 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99013092 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mother and child<br/>Motherhood--Psychological aspects<br/>Natural selection<br/>Parental behavior in animals<br/>Working mothers
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ759.  / H784 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.8743